The Eritrean-Ethiopian War Boarder Problem

In the 19th century Eritrea and Ethiopia was one, even though they were one there were still many misunderstanding’s with in them. It was in 1952 when Ethiopia took over Eritrea. From 1961 until 1991, Eritrea had fought a long war of independence against Ethiopia. When my mother uses to live in the village side she and friends would walk to school and every time sees dead people laid on the floor. They would slaughter anyone. On this day in 1991, Eritrea people’s forces moved into the capital Asmara, reinstating independence, and 30 years long battle against the Ethiopian

The United Nations failed Rwanda, in a time of need they abandoned the Rwandan people giving them no physical protection. Sadly, things go wrong with the slaughter of almost 800,000 Rwanda people, left defenseless in a country where no one outside cared. U.N. troops were present as only “peace-keepers.” The dispute was between the Hutus and Tutsis people could of been controlled if the U.N. changed their position, but the result could bring more consequences. This conflict between the two social groups in Rwanda,was left to be resolved on its own with many lives lost.

The UN and the US government are accredited for deploring conflict situations as well as contributing humanitarian aid, and this is what these two organizations did in Rwanda and Darfur. However, the UN did not do anything to punish or prevent the genocides that took place in these two countries. The US government promised to support the peace talk’s agreement in Darfur and hold the perpetrators accountable for their acts. It never kept that promise since nothing has been done. So far, the UN’s Security Council has also failed in its peace keeping mission effeorts, and is instead pressuring Sudan with words only. No solid steps have been made to bring the wrong doers into justice (Shapiro).

The War Refugee Board, established through Executive Order 9417 on January 22, 1944 by Franklin D. Roosevelt, was tasked with the “immediate rescue and relief of the Jews of Europe and other victims of enemy prosecution” (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum et al. 2014). The War Refugee Board was initially headed by John Pehle, later seceded by William O’Dwyer who served as the director of the War Refugee Board from January 1945 until the board’s dissolution in September 1945.The War Refugee board is credited with saving the lives of 200,000 Jews and an estimated amount of 20,000 non-Jews as well as increasing public knowledge within the U.S. in regards to the treatment of the Jews in Europe.

Many people believe that another country should have tried to stop the genocide. One country that people believed should have stepped in was the United States of America. The United States had just gotten out of Somalia and they lost a lot of troops there already. They could not afford to get in the middle of a war when they had no business being in it anyway.

It consists of the murder and rape of Darfuri men, women, and children. After a civil war in Sudan, the after effects greatly impacted Darfur and left it lacking in proper structure and development assistance. The forces behind the violence are the Janjaweed, government-armed Arab militias. With the neglect of Darfur combined with the accusations of the government aiding the Janjaweed, an attack by rebels sparked the abuse of human rights still occurring in Darfur. The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Bashir in 2009. The Sudanese government refused to turn him over, increasing the violence. It is unlikely that al-Bashir will face trial until he is detained in a nation that is a part of the ICC’s jurisdiction, considering that Sudan signed the Roman Statute but never ratified it. The ICC was intended to help the international community and promote peace and justice, but what is the resolution for the states not involved in the organization, and is it right for a government and its leaders to get away with harming its own citizens because they do not answer to the ICC. Qatar and Egypt both refused to arrest him when he visited after the warrant for his arrest was issued. The Arab League announced its solidarity with Bashir and the African Union has disregarded the warrant completely (World Without Genocide). The failed attempts at halting the genocide lead to the Janjaweed spreading their attacks deep into Chad, causing more than 100,000 Chadians to flee. A consequence of not stopping the Janjaweed was the spread of violence to Chad and the displacement of many of its citizens.The slaughter in Darfur wasn’t classified a genocide by the United States until late 2004. The U.S and many other countries feared a genocide and only wanted to avoid it for as long as possible. The United States and the international community were late to prevent Darfur as well as Rwanda, Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo,

In this paper I will examine the United Nation Security Council attempts at intervention in Rwanda. I will point out the interventions

The global powers failed to step in quickly and took so long that a mister Eric Reeves had time to write an article called The World’s Abandonment of Darfur in which he writes “The United States, Britain and France need to muscle up politically in the Security Council now or the fate of Darfur will be dictated by the very men who began the genocide 12 years ago. This would be unprecedented in the grim history of genocide” (Reeves). Clearly, the global superpowers need to step up their game in the international community to help stop things like this from happening in the future. If these countries could not even prevent the same tragic events from happening back to back, that is terrible. Granted, the restructuring of a state can be a long and difficult project to undertake, just look at the Middle East and the United States’ involvement, but it is necessary to make sure that the same people, or any people at all, are incriminated and tortured like those living in the Darfur region were. The global heavyweights, at least, need to intervene in any restructuring post-genocide to ensure that the county does not fall back into a state in which mass killings are taking

The conflict in Darfur refers to the fighting that is happening in the western region of Sudan known as Darfur. These fights have been taking place since 2003 and have continued to today. Similarities can be made to the Rwandan Genocide; there is a government funded and armed militia that is not officially supported by the government that is killing a local population. The citizens of the region of Darfur that are being killed are not Arabic, like the majority of the rest of Sudan is, however, they are more similar in culture and other aspects to the citizens of South Sudan, Sudan’s neighboring country to the south with which Sudan has had multiple wars with. Despite the fact that there is a militia that is killing citizens, there are also other militias that are fighting for the Darfuri people. These two sides have been fighting each other for close to ten years. Even though citizens of a certain group are being targeted by a militia, the conflict in Darfur is not a genocide. The United States should not get involved militarily in this conflict because it is only a conflict and not a genocide. It is a war between two groups over disputes between these groups. Instead, the United States should use diplomacy to help end the conflict happening in Darfur.

The war in Darfur materialized at the wrong time for the United States, Norway, and Britain, two of which are permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. At the time, they were focused on ensuring the success of the Naivasha negotiations in Sudan. The Naivasha agreement, also known as the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was an permanent ceasefire agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/ Sudan People’s Liberation Army to end the Second Sudanese Civil War. This was long time coming because the conflict had started all the way back in 1983. The Security Council used the ‘Brahimi principal,’ which states “regional organizations take primary responsibility for the problems in their backyard” to push responsibility on to the A.U. The Brahimi principle The Security Council was glad to give someone else the responsibility of Darfur so they could focus on others tasks at hand.

Fighting between the Muslim government in Khartoumand Christian rebel forces located in southern Sudan has long been ignored.This struggle has caused nothing but devastation and depravation for in theregion. More than two millionpeople have died as a result of the conflict, including many innocent civilians. In addition, extremely valuableresources that would surely benefit the entire global economy, are beingneglected and the with the minimized benefits only helping a few . As is the case in most if not all civilwars power is what each side is struggling over. .The north and south werejoined for no good

The UN had resources in Rwanda with the UNAMIR (United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda). When the UNAMIR sent, a report saying they needed more because something big was going to happen in Rwanda, the UN didn’t believe them so they did nothing. The UN Security Council took a slightly non-intervention type of thought. They didn’t completely stay out of it, they had peace keepers on the ground in Rwanda. But they didn’t send enough and once they were there left them to their own

It was in 1991 civil war between Eritrea and Ethiopia. I remember when I was 12 years. At that time I was in junior student at Barak. My dad and my mom were a lot struggled when they go to work and came back home, because of the political situation in the country. Even me, I got a lot of problems when I go to school and to study the library. They did not have right to live in their own country, that sad and terrible moment when I remembered right now, in my own country and hometown. From this moment of my life I had been thought travel to another place or country, unlike to visiting or fun to travel, but for a better place to live. There are a lot of struggles when I travel to Sudan illegally throughout the border crossing. Some of

In 1998, fighting began over what is said to be a minor border dispute, as well as differences on ethnicity and economic progress. This is highly understandable considering the various ethnicities in each country, the religious differences, and the tribal conflicts that have been taking place in the region. This fighting began a two-year long war, in which countless men and women were killed and the economies of the two countries ravaged by the military expenditures (Abbink, 2003, p. 410-16). In the end, Ethiopia’s size, military power, and armament won out over Eritrea’s enthusiasm, and the two countries formed a tenuous peace that has lasted through the present (Abbink, 2003, p. 416-17).

The land of Kosovo has been plagued with tension for hundreds of years being claimed by several surrounding countries. The two biggest contenders, Albanians in Kosovo and Serbia have been fighting for the land, which culminated in a full war from 1998-1999. The war brought international attention to the war crimes committed by both sides, and proved that the two countries had years to go before coming to a solution. The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) led by Kosovo Albanians, and the Serbian militia led by President Slobodan Milošević committed heinous crimes against their enemies. Crimes range from ethnic cleansing to rape and destruction of whole villages. The violence created a serious refugee problem that is still relevant today.